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8147 messages, Last post on Dec 04, 2009 at 8:22 PM
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Replying to: houdini1 (Nov 18, 2008 1:22 pm) Contrast this with a 1.9 TDI (smaller displacement if memory serves correctly), you can literally maintain 80-90 mph cruising speeds. Of course on Highway 80 or 50 (on the way to Lake Tahoe CA ,you dont really want to do this as the roads are very rough.
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 18, 2008 2:04 pm) |
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Fastest Street Legal Diesel Car "You're putting diesel in your car!" Wood continued to pump the fuel, let out a chuckle and said, "I know." His is not a typical Ford. Wood owns Nitrous Express, which produces high-performance car parts for customers around the globe. It took him about a year and $50,000 to disassemble a working sports car just to put it back together -- with some major changes. Pulling the 20 or so hood pins reveals a 2004 Chevrolet diesel pickup engine capable of 1,200 horsepower. It is the fastest diesel-powered street-legal car in the world -- and it averages 35 miles per gallon. "It was a challenge," Wood said. "I just wanted to prove I could do it." |
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am) Gee and meets the 2012 35 mpg economy standards , today!!  
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 20, 2008 7:18 am) The owner of a Corvette specialty shop where I was getting a mundane alignment, once took me for a (of a series of break in) ride in a 650 hp (and who knows how many # ft of torque gasser V-8 (normally aspirated) probably close to 575 # ft of torque). Judas Priest !!!! |
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am)
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Replying to: roland3 (Nov 20, 2008 9:02 am) As an aside, 45 mpg would extend the range to 810 miles !!!
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Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 20, 2008 9:10 am) 
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 20, 2008 7:00 am) No, there's nothing wrong with diesel cars in NASCAR. Just that nobody has bothered to make one yet. Though, there has been talk of entries in the truck series lately.
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... The new Duramax has the exhaust up where you might expect the intake to be, on a V-8. This is good for heat (read turbo) management and packaging (overall size). Other than size I think twin turbos, mounted low and close to the foward end(s) of the head(s), (for heat management) might be even better. Of course there is no way to bring a twin turbo, down the line, as cost effective as a single layout.
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